EESM5620/525 FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS

Spring 2012 Instructor: TA: Description: Prof H S Kwok (eekwok) Vincent Chen (rschen@ust.hk) An introduction to liquid crystal displays and other flat panel display technologies. We shall study the optical and electrical properties of display devices. E Lueder, Liquid Crystal Displays, Wiley, 2001.

Textbook: References:

V G Chigrinov, Liquid Crystal Devices, Artech House, 1999 S Matsumoto, Electronic Display Devices, Wiley, 1990 E Kaneko, Liquid Crystal TV Displays, KTK Publ 1987 I C Khoo and F Simoni, Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials, Gordon and Breach, 1988 I C Khoo and S T Wu, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals, World Scientific 1993 B Bahadur, Liquid Crystals Applications and Uses, vol 1-3, World Scientific, 1990 L M Blinov and V G Chigrinov, Elecrooptic Effects in Liquid Crystal Materials, Springer 1994

Grade: Term paper Grading Policy:

Homework (30%) + Take home final exam (30%) + Term paper (40%) Just survey of papers: 15-25% In depth survey with own interpretation and ideas: 25-30% Modeling with results: 30-35% Paper with some ideas and calculations: 35-40% Liquid crystal display materials science Alignment of liquid crystal molecules, surface anchoring Electro-optic effects in liquid crystals Jone's matrix and polarization of light Optics of liquid crystals, wave propagation in anisotropic media Various liquid crystal display modes Matrix TN and STN displays, multiplexing Display drivers, PM, AM and MLA driving schemes Chromatic dispersion and compensation Response times of liquid crystals, frequency response of displays Ferroelectric liquid crystals Colorimetry and technology of colors Thin film transistor technology Inorganic and organic electroluminescence displays (EL and OLED)

Syllabus:

Possible Term Projects:

You can do a simulation of any of the displays discussed in class. Expand on a homework problem, perform more in depth modeling etc. Other suggested topics: Application of nanotechnologies to displays Modeling of LCD Field sequential displays Design of color STN displays Design of reflective LCD Bistable cholesteric LCD Bistable TN LCD Photoalignment Nanostructures for LCD alignment Electrochromic displays Electronic ink Microdisplays and pico-projectors Optical elements based on LC Holographic films based on PDLC Organic light emitting diodes displays modeling LCD measurement techniques TFT technologies Oxide TFT ITO replacement Application of nanoimprint technologies Wide viewing angle techniques Quantum dot emitters 3D displays Holographic displays Integral imaging 3D displays modeling Green display technologies and manufacturing practices Video processing for high definition displays Display driving techniques Subpixel rendering for high resolution Touch panel technologies Transparent displays

The term paper should be about 5 pages long with at least 5 references.